{"id":26564,"date":"2020-02-16T01:09:21","date_gmt":"2020-02-16T01:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=26564"},"modified":"2020-02-16T01:09:21","modified_gmt":"2020-02-16T01:09:21","slug":"flowers-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/flowers-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Flowers in the Spring &#8211; Such a Beautiful Thing!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/theflower.jpg\" alt=\"img\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Many Californians (especially families and students) are getting geared up for annual spring break vacations typically enjoyed at beaches and mountains. Spring offers another landscape experience that&#8217;s beautiful beyond words. The Flower Fields in Carlsbad (right photo) returns March through Mother&#8217;s Day with beloved Ranunculus fields, a 300&#8242; X 170&#8242; hillside American Flag made of petunias, Cymbidium orchid greenhouse, historic poinsettia display, Sweet Pea maze and antique tractor wagon rides through the fields.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s hard to be down when there are beautiful flowers around. Here are some flower festivals and events to cheer you up and brighten you springtime experience!<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/flowers-gardens\/california-flower-shows-festivals.html\">California Flower Festivals &amp; Events<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>(dates &amp; events subject to change)<\/p>\n<p>ARROYO GRANDE: Central Coast Orchid Show &amp; Sale April 4-5, 2020<br \/>\nCARLSBAD: The Flower Fields March 1-May 10, 2020<br \/>\nCARPINTERIA: Greenhouse and Nursery Tour April 24<br \/>\nCHERRY VALLEY: Highland Springs Lavender Festival May 22-July 19<br \/>\nEUREKA: Rhododendron Parade April 25<br \/>\nFORTUNA: Daffodils by the River March 27-28<br \/>\nFRESNO: Fresno Peach Blossom Festival March 12-13<br \/>\nHUNTINGTON BEACH: Orange County Cherry Blossom Festival March 13-15<br \/>\nLANCASTER: California Poppy Festival April 18-19<br \/>\nLINDSAY: Orange Blossom Festival March 28-April 4<br \/>\nMONTEREY PARK: Cherry Blossom Festival April 25-26<br \/>\nMURPHYS: Ironstone Vineyards Motherlode Daffodil Show March 7-8<br \/>\nPACIFIC GROVE Wildflower Show April 17-19<br \/>\nPALM DESERT: Palm Desert Wildflower Festival March 7<br \/>\nPORTERVILLE: Iris Festival &amp; Chili Cook-off April 18<br \/>\nRIPON: Almond Blossom Festival &amp; Parade February 20-23<br \/>\nSAN FRANCISCO: Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival April 11-12 &amp; April 18-19<br \/>\nSAN FRANCISCO: Pacific Orchid Exposition February 20-23<br \/>\nSANGER: Blossom Trail Bus Tours with Wine Tasting February 29-March 1<br \/>\nSANTA ROSA: Luther Burbank Rose Parade &amp; Festival May 16<br \/>\nSEBASTOPOL: Apple Blossom Festival April 18-19<br \/>\nSIERRA MADRE: Sierra Madre Wistaria Festival March 22<br \/>\nTEMPLE CITY: Camellia Festival Feb. 21-23<br \/>\nTORRANCE: Cherry Blossom Festival April 5<br \/>\nWEST COVINA: Cherry Blossom Festival March 21<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many Californians (especially families and students) are getting geared up for annual spring break vacations typically enjoyed at beaches and mountains. Spring offers another landscape experience that&#8217;s beautiful beyond words. The Flower Fields in Carlsbad (right photo) returns March through Mother&#8217;s Day with beloved Ranunculus fields, a 300&#8242; X 170&#8242; hillside American Flag made of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26564"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26564"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26565,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26564\/revisions\/26565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}